[Intro - Moby-Style Reverse Strings, Vintage Piano, Slow Vinyl Scratch, Deep Bass] [Verse 1 - Long Narrative Spoken-Word to Intimate Melodic Vocals] Now I'm back in the city, sitting in a crowded coffee shop Watching the traffic move and the rain that never seems to stop I wear a suit, I pay my bills, I walk among the daily crowd No one knows the wild places where my head was once bowed I learned that paradise isn't a beach or an island in the sea It's a state of mind, a moment of clarity inside of me I carry the scar of that island everywhere I go A quiet, intense secret that only I will ever know. [Pre-Chorus - Soaring Guitars & Synths Building Slow] No regret for the journey, no regret for the pain I survived the sun and I survived the rain. [Chorus - Massive Cinematic 90s Nu Metal / Synth Wall, Triumphant Intimate Vocals] The incurable scar written on my soul! The journey that finally made me whole! You can't run away from who you really are! Even if you travel to the furthest star! The beach is inside me, quiet and deep A secret memory that I will always keep. [Outro - Long Moby-Style Reverse Strings Loop, Soft Piano, Vinyl Crackle Fading to Complete Silence] Paradise is not a place... It's how you see. Fade to quiet... Fade to peace.
